I had 1460 lbs of broken up concrete in my cc lb. You can feel it, but it drove fine. You just have to drive slower and give yourself more time to stop. I would not attempt a ton in my truck.
Home depot rents trailers you know! I would go half yard at a time, god forbid something happen and you're over the GVWR, that has Lawsuit written all over it.
Fwiw, I made three trips with my old d21, getting half yard each time. Handled it ok, but I only traveled ~6 miles at <35mph.
Pea gravel is about 1.3 tons per yard. To much for your truck. Just have em sprinkle it in till it looks loaded. They will weigh you. Make another trip if necessary.
iv had a half ton of 3/4 clean gravel in mine. squats a tad. handles just fine but you know its there. makes for a smooth ride to. next time i may rent a dump trailer. The place i got it was about 5 miles from my house 45mph all the way.
my KC gen 1 has had 1400 pounds or roofing materials in the bed. My bump stops were prolly an inch or so from the axle.
The landfill in Tulsa has scales, I rolled across them coming in and out.
If you have never weighed your truck, its probably a good idea to spend the nine bucks to hit the local Cat scale after you fuel your truck. My curb weight is about 1100 pounds under the GVWR.
Regardless of the weight of gravel, I would not want the material beating/scratching/denting up the bed. Get a trailer to haul this stuff.
Also keep in mind the width of the wheel loader dumping the gravel will be wider than the bed. Gravel will be hitting the outide of the bed as it is poured.
I (luckily) found a landscape supply dealer that has a 4' wide bucket, and skilled operators. They are quite good at hitting the centerline w/o letting any material touch the rolled-up tanneau cover. When I do get some stone, I'll just put some plywood in the bed to cushion the initial pour.:woot:
The bed is only rated for 500llbs or something stupid low like that. Personally I have had over a ton, 2700lbs, in the bed and it squated a bit but rode nice. I do NOT recommend it but it can be done.
I think that might be to save the tailgate when loading heavy objects (see the guy who bent his hinges driving a riding mower into the bed). These trucks have payload ratings in the 1-ton range outside of North America (no need to down-rate them to protect 1/2 ton sales)
GVW is posted on the door opening. I wouldn't exceed that too much. My old Hardbody had much greater capacity than my SL. I'm thinking a 1000# load will top it out.
i have hauled a half yard of pea gravel with no problems. hauled a yard of dirt (2000 lbs) with no problems a few times this spring. just take it easy and enjoy the ride.
I had half a cubic yard of dirt in my KC and the bed look slightly tilted / spring leafs were flat. .5 CY of dirt = 500lbs. I probably could've gone up more, but my tires were bald, and I wasn't in a rush to offload 1 CY of dirt to landscape all by myself.
3/4 yard of top soil (est 1500-1600 lbs)
Only had to drive 10 minutes home - drove fine with a bit more braking distance required.
Air bags @ 32 psi, Tires @ 37 psi, driver+passenger, 1/2 tank of gas.
Stock rear leafs with OME shocks. OME front struts+springs.
Portable compressor had crapped-out a while ago, so I had pre-filled the bags... probably should have inflated a bit more. Normally inflate to 20-24 psi for hauling most loads (large quad, snowmobile, firewood). Their operating range is 5-80 psi.
I did 11 runs each with .5 to.75 tons of road base gravel but only had to go like 3 miles. I was like an inch from the rear bump stops but still had enough power to do the speed limit 45 up hill no issue.
I had just shy of 3 tons in the bed of my 1995 hardbody truck. Most I've ever put in the bed of a truck. That thing is a little old 2x4 too. Rear springs were completely down and it drove squirrely as all heck on the drive home. I find it hilarious that they would have made these new Frontys less capable than the old hardbodies considering how big and buff they make them look. Not to say you should make a habit of these sort of loads, but when you have to move that much floor tile in one go....
I had 800 pounds of old roof in the bed of my KC, I wouldn't do it again if I still had the stock P tires and suspension. Sure there is a lot of "I had a zillion pounds in my truck and it was awesome!" chest beating going on, but just remember you own a midsize truck. There is no trophy for the most weight. I would rent a trailer or get the stuff delivered.
Wasn't trying to brag, it was more of a comparison between the trucks. I'm sure folks could throw in as much weight as they can till the tires blew on these and it shouldn't do too much permanent damage. At least if you don't make a habit of that kind of thing. I just have seen a lot of little things on my Fronty where Nissan seriously cut corners and just didn't build it as strong as they used to. Take the tailgate. On my Fronty it's got these stupid little cables to hold the tailgate up when you lower it. I could jump on that tailgate and break those pathetic things. My hardbody had the proper levering blades holding it's tailgate. You'd be able to load so much weight onto that tailgate, the truck would cantilever and the front wheels would come off the ground before that gate failed under the weight. Just these little things where they cut corners to make it more cheaply is all.
That said, with all this 'offroad' capability or so that's built into the 4x4 versions of this truck, that to me generally means less utility capability and more playtime capability. So less towing and hauling because of that, and it even says that right in the truck manual no less. My CC pro-4 holds the least amount of weight in it's bed due to GVWR of all Fronty models. Alas.
Luckily, on this truck if I ever need to move some seriously heavy weight, I will be towing it, something I was unable to do in my hardbody.